Tuesday, November 01, 2011

Terrier Tuesday -- Red Scarf Modeling Edition

Dear Readers,

Well, she did it again.

She put me up on that flippin' daybed and started flashing those lights in my eyes.

My rates need to go up.

I deserve hazardous-duty pay for this craziness! El primo treats from now on, Alpha! I'm putting you on NOTICE! Sushi-grade salmon's what I'm talking about. No more of those tasteless biscuits. Nuh-uhhhhh.

(P.S. Yorkies are hypo-allergenic, so I won't make someone go all sneezy because I modeled this scarf. And Alpha says she's going to wash it before she sends it off to Foster Care To Success. And also, if by some miracle you are a new reader here and you don't already know all this stuff, there is more info about the Red Scarf Project and FC2Success here. Just click.)

Oh, she did "it" again, too: She knitted another red scarf. This is her first one this year. Hopefully she'll fit in a couple more, at least, before the deadline, but I'm telling you one thing: I'm gettin' outta here before she grabs me to model the next one; that's for darn sure.

She says to tell you she used the Twin Rib pattern for this scarf -- it's her go-to easy-peasy scarf pattern that she can do without thinking, even when she's watching Dexter or Nurse Jackie episodes, or -- amazingly -- even while talking with friends! The yarn is nothing fancy -- Caron Simply Soft -- but the color made her heart sing -- and it makes a nice soft, washable-and-dryable scarf.

How are your red scarves coming along? And if you don't care to, or don't have time to, make a scarf, don't forget you can always donate to the Fund For Foster Youth to cover a student's emergency expenses. Go ahead, make someone's day! Click and pay through Paypal:

Mr. J-- thank you for the reminder on the Red Scarf project. I used your Alpha's twin rib pattern myself and loved it! I finished the scarf back in Sept and then got distracted. Better get it in the mail soon-- like this week!! You are a super model-- now just don't let it go to your head!

The middle aged lady in this story had the best opportunity to save given her high salary job and increased net worth. For those in industry that have high risk in returning to the career field onceafter job is lost, then they need to find ways to financially sustain their life until they get back on their feet. A high earner like her should have been able to have equity in their home, have Roth IRAs, have high FICO scores and really good credit cards.

Howie Fischer made the point on Horizon last Friday that the bid process was so badly handled that it looked like it was more than an open meeting law violation and rose to the level of bid rigging. All this to pick a Democratic mapping firm. Does that meet a duty of upholding public confidence and impartiality?

“With some deft outreach and some hard work, even the angry students on the streets this week are likely to become, like their predecessors, happy and loyal supporters,” he said. “Colleges and universities are much bigger than any one individual or scandal. Their crises become part of their history.